By Leonard Okachie The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has launched the 2026 National Preparedness and Response Campaign on flood disasters in Abia State.The campaign, held in Umuahia, focused on flood-related hazards and the need for early preparedness ahead of the peak of the rainy season.Our correspondent reports that the exercise was themed, “Strengthening Disaster…
Late retired Major General Rabe Abubakar Nigerian human rights lawyer and lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has described the de@th of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar in captivity in Katsina State as evidence of a nation at war with itself. He questioned the rationale behind negotiating with bandits…
The food was ready. The truck was loaded. Bags of rice, cartons of spaghetti, jerrycans of vegetable oil, and cartons of tomato paste were packed tightly for the widows, widowers, and less privileged residents of Umuokpeyi-Umuobasiukwu in Ozuitem Autonomous Community, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State.But between the Machiani Foundation for the Needy and…
Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese,Most Rev. Paulinus Chukwuemeka EzeokaforCatholic Bishop of Awka Diocese and Mr. Emmanuel Chidi Osakwe Mr. Emmanuel Chidi Osakwe has dragged the Registered Trustees of the Catholic Diocese of Awka to court over a disputed property located along Secretariat Road, Awka, Anambra State.Mr. Emmanuel Chidi Osakwe, a nephew of the late Catholic…
The Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) on Tuesday demolished a two-storey building showing signs of imminent collapse at Amansea Boundary in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.According to a statement personally issued by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ACTDA, Dr. Osita Onuko, the agency decided to pull down the…
